Category: Technology
Faster and stronger lithium-ion batteries might be in our future
This, clearly, isn’t the battery the MIT team is working on. Image: Shutterstock / sdecoret The lithium-ion battery in your phone might look like a solid chunk of energy-producing plastic at first glance, but if you were to bust it open and take a closer look, you’d see there’s also some liquid inside. That’s because […]
Facebook created a horrific dancing monster made of reactions
In a horrific experiment for its 13th birthday, Facebook gave Reactions a hideous humanoid form. Image: Facebook While International Friendship Day was popularized by greeting card companies, Facebook went a step forward and coined its own birthday, Feb. 4 as Friends Day a few years ago. Facebook, which has finally turned old enough to be […]
Snapchat’s Black History Month story asks users to share why they are ‘Young, Black and Proud’
Image: snapchat Snapchat is taking new steps to celebrate Black History Month in its app. The app is rolling out a set special geofilters and launching a new “Our Story” called “Young Black and Proud,” which encourages Snapchat users to share their experiences and what makes them proud, to commemorate Black History Month. SEE ALSO: […]
Wearable tech: This dress uses graphene to light up when you breathe
(CNN)The little black dress just got revamped. Together with scientists, fashion designers have used graphene — a Nobel-Prize winning material that’s tougher than diamonds — to give their LBD a high-tech cut. “We are trying to showcase the amazing properties of graphene,” Francesca Rosella, the co-founder of fashion company CuteCircuit, told CNN. “If you look […]
The Weather Channel takes on stereotypes in STEM
Female meteorologists have a simple request: Stop labeling us educated, highly trained scientists as “weather girls.” And maybe stop commenting on our dresses and lipstick and start asking about our forecasts. “Women on television can also be scientists. It’s that simple,” said Ginger Zee, a meteorologist on Good Morning America and ABC World News Tonight. […]